Thanks to Norm Geras for asking me to contribute to his writer’s choice series. I wrote about my love of fantasy and adventure books, starting with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
We’d been reading and acting out Narnia stories for years before my sister said she thought the book might be a Christian allegory. Being Jewish - or maybe just being in it for the adventure - that hadn’t occurred to us. Aslan dying for Edmund’s sins… Hmmm. Yes.
What I liked most was the idea of the wardrobe, the door to Narnia. Anything, however mundane, could be the portal to another world. But it only happens when you don’t expect it. We kept going around trying to not expect to be transported. And we never were.
Still hoping though.
I’ve also got a piece on the ED in ‘08 blog on the effect of education blogs on the campaign. Not much, I think. But at greater length.
Love those books.